neigh

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/neɪ/

Definition of neigh

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The cry of a horse.
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noun

  1. The cry of a horse.

verb

  1. To make its cry.
    “For hovv […] ſhall I knovv thee to be a man, vvhen thou kickeſt like an aſſe, neygheſt like an Horſe after vvomen, raueſt in luſt like a Bull, raueneſt like a Beare, ſtingeſt like a Scorpion, rakeſt like a VVolfe, as ſuttle as a Foxe, as impudent as a Dogge; ſhall I ſay thou art man that haſt all the Symptomes of a beaſt?”
    “"I went into the stable first to see to the horse, and found him neighing and waiting for his hay, so I went up into the hay-loft for an armful[.]"”
  2. To make a sound similar to a horse's cry.
  3. (obsolete)To scoff or sneer.
    “Yes, yes, 'tis he. I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your Wisdom plaid withal, I thank you for't, neighed at his Nakedness, and made his Cold and Poverty your Pastime; […]”

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Etymology

From Middle English neyen, from Old English hnǣġan, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaijan, from Proto-Germanic *hnajjaną (“to neigh”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch neien, Middle Low German neigen, Swedish gnägga, Icelandic hneggja.

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